[The old man gave an angry reply]
Forth from the city went the two poor wanderers (missing from book)
The tea things were set forth upon a drum (missing from book)
[After a few moments she moved nearer to the group]
NELL AND HER GRANDFATHER.
Chapter I.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP.
One evening an Old Gentleman was taking a walk in the city of London, when some one spoke to him in a soft, sweet voice that fell pleasantly upon his ears. He turned hastily round, and found at his elbow a pretty little girl of some thirteen summers, who begged to be directed to a certain street which was in quite another part of London.
"It is a very long way from here, my child," said the Old Gentleman.